THE RED TREE Written & Illustrated by Shaun Tan — Transcript
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- 0:01the red tree
- 0:03written and illustrated by sean tan
- 0:14sometimes the day begins with nothing to
- 0:18look forward to
- 0:22and things go from bad to worse
- 0:28darkness overcomes you
- 0:35nobody understands
- 0:40the world is a deaf machine
- 0:46without sense or reason
- 0:53sometimes you wait
- 0:55and wait
- 0:57and wait
- 0:58and wait
- 1:00and wait
- 1:02and wait
- 1:04and wait
- 1:07but nothing ever happens
- 1:14then all your troubles come at once
- 1:20wonderful things are passing you by
- 1:27terrible fates are inevitable
- 1:35sometimes you just
- 1:37don't know what you are supposed to do
- 1:43or
- 1:44who you are meant to be
- 1:50or
- 1:51where you are
- 1:56and the day seems to end the way it
- 1:59began
- 2:01but
- 2:02suddenly there it is
- 2:04right in front of you
- 2:06bright and vivid
- 2:08quietly waiting
- 2:14just as you imagined it would be
- 2:20press the button below to subscribe
- 2:22like and share i hope you've enjoyed it
- 2:25see you next time
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